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SHEET DELIVERY MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 25, 1e9s. RENEWED DBO. 28. 1903.

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SHEET DELIVERY MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 25, 1898. RENEWED DEC. 2a. 1903.

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NO MODEL.

PATENTED AUG. 30, 1904.

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SHEET DELIVERY MECHANISM; 7 APPLICATION IILED HOV. 25, 1898. RENEWEDD3018. 1903.

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SHEET, DELIVERY MECHANISM. APPLIOATIOK FILED HOV. 25,1898. RENEWED 13120.88, 1903.

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SHEET DELIVERY MECHANISM. I APPLICATION FILED NOV. 25, 1898. RENEWEDDBO. 21 3, 1903.

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Patented August 30, 1904-.

PATENT Y OFFICE.

HENRY A. -WISE WOOD, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SHEET-DELIVERY MECHANISM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 769,124, dated August30, 1904.

Application filed November 25, 1898. Renewed December 28, 1903. SerialNo. 186,924. (No model.)

To all] whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY A. VVIsE W ooD, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of NewYork, have invented a new and useful Sheet-Delivery Mechanism, of whichthe following is a specification of drawings, forming part of thisapplication, I referring to which and in detail; Flgure 1 is a sideelevation of enough of a pr1nt1ng-press.

with ,my delivery applied thereto to illustrate the operation thereof.Fig. 2 is an elevation from the other side, illustrating how thesheetsmay be delivered in a different manner. Fig. 3 is a partial plan view.Fig. 4: is a detail, on an enlarged scale, of the fiyshaft;and Figs. 5to 10, inclusive, are diagrams illustrating the operation.

A sheet-delivery constructed according to my present invention isadapted especially for use in connection with cylinder printingpressesand is especially adapted to be applied to the front of such a machine.

My improved delivery consists of a fly which may be actuated ineither oftwo ways first, so as to be oscillated to deliver the sheet in theordinary manner printed side down, or, second, so as to be re'ciprocatedto deliver the sheet printed side up. By this arrangement I can use onedeliveryto wit a flyand deliver the sheets either side up.

Referring to the drawings and in detail, A designates the framing of thepress; B, the impressiorrcylinder; C, the feed-board; D, the strippers,and E the delivery-table. These parts are arranged in the ordinarymanner and need not be described at length. A set ofdelivery tapes 11 isarranged to take the sheet from the stripper-fingers in the ordinarymanner, this set of tapes being mounted on pulleys 12 and 13, which aresecured on shafts 14 and 15, which are journaled in the framthe shaft16.

ing, and the shaft 1 1 may be drivenby the ordinary gearing from theimpression-cylinder B, so that'the set of tapes will run at the samespeed as the movement of the periphery of the impression-cylinder, as isusual.

. Frepresents a suitable fly, consisting of a number of flyfinger'swhich are rigidly secured on a fly-shaft 16. The fly-shaft is journaledin suitable frames 17 and 18, which are fitted on the main framing A ofthe press so as to be capable of'a sliding movement thereon. Also.journaled inthe framesl'? and 18 is a shaft 19, which has a number oftape-pulleys 20 secured thereon. Loosely journaled on the fly-shaft 16are a number of tape-pulleys 21, which are held in place laterally bycollars 22, secured to the fiy-shaft 16. 23 pass from the pulleys 20 to22. The tapes 23 and the fly-fingers are arranged so that they will bedisposed between or intermesh with the tapes 11, as shown in Fig. 3. Theoutermost tape 230 is made of strong material, as

formed on the end of a vibrating lever 27.

This lever carries at its other end a roll 28, whichbears on a cam 29,secured upon the usual cam-shaft 30, which makes two turns foreach-operation of the press. The roll 28 Tapes is held in engagementwith the cam 29 by a spring 31, which surrounds a rod 32, projectingfrom the lever 27 and which rod passes through a turnbuckle 33.mechanism for operating the fly so that the same will oscillate. Thismechanism may be thrown out of operation by pulling the lower end of thelever27 against the spring 31 and turning catch 3 1 to engage a stud 35on the lever, as shown in Fig. 2. Loosely mounted on the other end ofthe fiy-shaft 16 relatively. to the pinion 25 is'a lever 36, which isheld in place by a collar 37;, secured on the end of A suitable taperkey is connected bya chain 39 to the lever 36 and This constitutes a beinserted into a hole in the lever 36, so as to pin the same to the shaft16, and the pin may be kept in place by means of a nut 40, threaded onthe end thereof. A spring 41 is arranged between a stud projecting fromthe end of the lever and a pin on the frame 17 and is so centered thatif the lever 36 is thrown either side of its upright position the springwill hold the same in the position into which it is last moved. A rod 42is connected to the end of the lever 36 and is carried through a bracket43, projecting up from the frame 17, andis provided with suitablecollars 4a and 15, which may be used to limit the motion of the lever 36either side of its upright position. A screw 46 is tapped into theframing that goes up to support the cylinder, and a screw 47 is tappedinto a bracket projecting up from the delivery-table E. These screws areso arranged as to be in the horizontal line of the rod t2.

To reciprocate the fly back and forth, the end of the shaft 30 isprovided with a disk 48, secured on which is a crank-pin 49, whichconnects by a pitman 50 to a pivoted segment 51, which segment gearswith apinion 52, mounted upon a shaft 53, which carries a gear 54:,meshing with a rack 55, formed or fastened to the frame 17. The shaft 53may be carried through the press and have a gear 540 mounted on theother end thereof, which may mesh with a rack 560, secured to the frame18.

The operation with this improved delivery is as follows: If it isdesired to use the fly F as an oscillating fly to fly the sheets in theordinary manner, the pitman 50 is disconnected from the crank-pin 19 andthe frames 17 and 18 are left in position nearest the impressioncylinderB, as shown in Figs. 2 and 5. The taper pin or key 38 is withdrawn fromthe lever 36, and the catch 34 is released, so that the segment 26 onthe lever 27 will engage the pinion 25 on the shaft 16, so that saidlever can vibrate to oscillate the fly F. With this arrangement thesheet after being stripped from the impression-cylinder B by thestripper-lingers D is carried down by the tapes 11 over the fly F, whichis oscillated at the proper time to deliver the sheets printed side downupon the delivery-table E.

If it is desired to deliver the sheets by the fly printed side up, thefollowing adjustments are made: The taper key or pin 38 is inserted inthe lever 36, thus tying the same to the flyshaft 16. The pivoted lever27 is moved so that the segment 26 will disengage from the pinion 25 andis held in its inoperative position by means of the catch 34. The pitman50 is secured to the crank-pin 19. The operation will then be asfollows: As the sheet passes down on the top of tapes 11 the fly willhave just about completed its reciprocation to the left, as shown inFig. 6. The rod 42 will then strike on the screw 16, and the lever 36will be thrown to its right-hand position and the fly raised, as shownin Fig. 7, to pick the sheet off of the tapes 11. The fly will then becarried forward by the gearing before described to substantially theposition shown in Fig. 8, when the rod f2 will strike the screw L7 andthe lever 36 will be thrown to its left-hand position and the fly willbe depressed down below the tapes 23, as shown in Fig. 9. The fly willnow be moved to the left, and as the top of the tapes 23 are heldstationary by the tape 230, which is secured to a stationary part, asbefore described, as the fly moves toward the impression-cylinder, thetapes 23 will peel from under the sheet, and the fly will also bewithdrawn from under the sheet, which will be deposited printed side upon the delivery-table E. This latter operation will give a veryaccurate, smoothly-running, printed-side-up delivery. The arrangementsthus described are very simple and of few parts. This printed-side-updelivery may be used by itself where a mechanism is only desired whichshall deliver the sheets printed side up.

The tapes 11, which carry the shoot out over the fly, constitute a meansfor propelling the sheet to that position, and the tapes 23 constituteafinal delivery mechanism, as l have used these terms in the claims.

The details and arrangements herein described may be greatly varied by askilled printing-press builder without departing from the scope of myinvention as expressed in the claims.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. Afly-deliverycombined with mechanism whereby the same may beoscillated or reciprocated so that sheets may be delivered by said flyeither side up.

2: The combination with a cylinder printing-press of a fly-delivery,mechanism for oscillating said fly, and means for reciprocating saidfly, said mechanisms being so arranged that said fly may be used todeliver the sheets either side up.

3. The combination in a cylinder printingpress of a fly-deliveryarranged in front of the impression-0y!inder thereof, mechanism foroscillating said fly so that the same will act to deliver the sheetsprinted side down, and mech anism for reciprocating said fly so that thesame will act to deliver the sheets printed side up, said mechanismsbeing so arranged that the fly may be used in either way.

4:. The combination of a set of tapes, a fly arranged to take the sheetfrom said set of tapes, mechanism for oscillating said fly and mechanismfor reciprocating said fly, said mechanisms being so arranged thateither may be used so that said fly is adapted to take the sheets fromsaid tapes and deliver the same either side up.

5. The combination in a cylinder printingpress of theimpression-cylinder, a set of'tapes I extending from theimpression-cylind er, a delivery-table, a fly, mechanism for oscillatingthe fly'so that the fly will take the sheets from said tapes and deliverthe same on thedelivcry-table. printed side down, and. mechanism forreciprocating said fly so that thefly will take the sheets from saidtapes and deliver the same on said table printed side up, saidmechanisms being so arranged that the sheets may be delivered in eitherway.

6, The combination of an impression-cylinder, a set of delivery-tapes,va fly, mechanism for reciprocating the fly, and mechanism for anism forreciprocating said fly to deliver the deposit the sheet on the tapes sothat the said sheets from said tapes, and mechanism for partiallyoscillating the ,fly as it reaches .its limit of movement nearest theimpression-cylinder, and for returning the same to its lowest positionas it reaches its limit of movement farthest away from theimpression-cylinder.

8. The combination with a fly, mechanism for reciprocating the fly, aset of tapes reciprocating with the fly, and mechanism for slightlyraising the fly so that said fly will act to carry a sheet forward andwill thenfdeposit the same upon said tapes.

9. The combination with a fly, mechanism for reciprocating the fly, aset of tapes moving with the fly, means for holding the top surface ofthe tapes stationary, and means for slightly raising said fly so thatthe fly will carry the, sheet forward and will then drop to tapes willthereafter peel from under the sheet. i

10. The combination with a set of deliverytapes, a fly meshingtherewith, mechanism for reciprocating the fly, a second set of tapesin- 1 tape-pulleys loosely mounted on said fly-shaft,

a set of tapes passing around said tape-pulleys, mechanism forreciprocating said flyand tapes, and mechanism for slightly, oscillatingsaid fly-shaft.

12. The combination of a fly-shaft, a set of fly-fingers rigidly securedthereon, a number of tape-pulleys loosely mounted on said fly-- shaft, aset of tapes passing around said tapepulleys, mechanism forreciprocating said parts, stops, and operative connections to saidfly-shaft, arranged so that the same will con stitute a mechanism forslightly oscillating said shaft as the same is reciprocated.

13. The combination of a fly-shaft, a number of fly-flngers rigidlysecured thereto,

mechanism for reciprocating and slightly oscillating 'said fly-shaft,and mechanism for imparting a large oscillation to said fly-shaftwithmaybe used as an oscillating or as a reciprocating fly.

' 14:. The combination of a fly, mechanism for reciprocating thesame'and mechanism for slightly oscillating the same, consisting of alever'mounted on the fly-shaft, a rod extending from said lever, andstationary stops.

15. The combination of a fly, mechanism for reciprocating the same andmechanism for out reciprocating the same, whereby said fly slightlyoscillating the same consisting of a lever mounted on the fly-shaft,stops, and a spring connected to said lever for holding the fly in itsdifferent positions.

16. The combination ofafly, mechanism for reciprocating the same, alever mountedon the. fly-shaft, a. rod extending from said lever, stopsfor engaging said rod, and collars arranged on said rod.

17. The combination of a fly, mechanism for reciprocating the same, alever arranged on the fly-shaft, arod extending-therefrom,-stops forengaging said rod, collars on said rod for limiting the motion thereof,and a springconnected to said lever.

18. The combination of a fly-shaft, a number of fly-fingers rigidlymounted thereon, mechanism for reciprocating said shaft, a lever mountedon said shaft, means for vibrating the lever as the flyshaftreciprocates, means whereby said lever may be secured to the fly-shaft,a pinion secured on said fly-shaft, and oscillating mechanism forengagement with said pinion, the parts being so arranged that when thefly-shaft is reciprocated the lever may be rigidly connected thereto,and so that when the fly-shaft is not reciprocated, said lever maybeleft loose on said shaft and said shaft operated through said pinion.

19. The combination of two sets of tapecarrying another set oftape-pulleys for said tapes, mechanism for reciprocating these parts,and means extending from a stationary part for graspingone of saidtapes.

21. In a delivery mechanism for aprintingpress, a fly, means forpropelling a sheet over said fly, means for moving said fly with thereceiving-table.

sheet resting on the same, and a final delivery mechanism on which thefly delivers the sheet adapted to deposit the sheet face up upon a 22.In a delivery mechanism for a printingpress, a fly, means for propellinga sheet over said fly, means for lifting said fly to take the sheet fromthe propelling means, means for moving said fly With the sheet restingon the same, a final delivery mechanism, and means for lowering the flyto deposit the sheet upon the final delivery mechanism.

23. In a delivery mechanism for a printingpress, afly, means forpropelling a sheet over said fly, means for raising said fly so that thesheet Will be lifted by the same, means for moving said fly so that thesame Will be moved With the sheet resting on the same in an inclinedposition, a final delivery mechanism adapted to deposit the sheet faceup on a receiving-table, and means for operating said fly to deposit thesheet upon said final delivery mechanism.

24. In a delivery mechanism, the combination of a shaft carrying anumber of fly-fingers,

apinion mounted on said shaft, a cam-actuated vibrating segment engagingsaid pinion, and means for holding said segment out of engagement withsaid pinion.

25. The combination in a delivery mechanism, of a carriage, mechanismfor reciprocating the same, connections in said reciprocating mechanismso that the machine can be operated without reciprocating the carriage,a shaft journaled in said carriage carrying a number of fly-fingers, apinion on said shaft, a cam-actuated vibrating segment for oscillatingsaid shaft, means for holding said segment out of mesh with said pinion,and means for slightlyoseillating said shaft when the carriage isreciprocated, whereby said iiy-iingers may be used to deliver the sheetseither printed side up or printed side down.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing Witnesses.

H. A. WISE WOOD. Witnesses:

RoB'r. J. MoMAnoN, ANNIE B. W ALTERS.

